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French Polynesia

Demographics

National Demographics

Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010

Total Population:

280,000 1

Urban:

55.98% 1

Rural:

44.02% 1

Immigrants as % of Population:

10.6% 2

Catholic Demographics

These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church, 2015. Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2017. The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.

Baptized Catholics:

115,000

Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population:

40.02%

Baptisms per Year (Under age 7):

999

Baptisms per Year (Over age 7):

206

First Communions per Year:

522

Confirmations per Year:

1,008

Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools:

3,591

Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools:

6,596

Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education:

282

Church Marriages per Year:

177

Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics:

132

Priests:

31

Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters):

41

Catholics per Priest:

3,705

Parishes:

83

Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids:

3

1.United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects, 2014.

2.United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2015 revision.